Author: GuyHaworth
Date: 02:41:03 06/06/04
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A richer context for your question would be informative:
a) What do the German Police say in their letter?
A good translation into English would be helpful
b) What is the 'relationship' between the 11 Tablebase CDs you bought ...
... and Chessbase offerings.
[ I am assuming that the concern is related to Chessbase here. ]
The national and international nuances of the law here are something I should
know more about. There are, I believe, international initiatives to harmonise
the law on copyright and 'electronic theft'.
Unless Chessbase have 'watermarked' their published version of Eugene's files -
and I don't think the 'header' of the file allows for that - there is no way
afaik to tell whether an 'EN table' has come from Chessbase's CD or been ftp'd
from the web.
Chessbase 'provide value' in that they:
a) deliver the tables to you and save you download time
b) provide you with CD-storage, useful if you want to later delete the files
ok: it's not as inexpensive as buying your own blank CDs
c) provide assurance that the EN tables are 'correct'
well, I would have said this until recently re the 6-man glitch
So, clearly, their _collection_ and _publication_ of tables benefits from
copyright protection, even though the individual tables do not.
guy
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